[ SECRET POST #3021 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3021 ⌋

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Is this a real fairytale?

[loracarol]

I was reading a book, and the book made mention of the sun captured in a dark cave, and the four winds "bound in chains", and for some reason, that plot reminds me of something, so:

Is there a real myth/fairy tale somewhere with that premise? I tried googling it, but I just kept coming up against "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and that just doesn't seem right. :/

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, in Japanese myth, Amaterasu the sun deity hides away in a cave. Sun god/dess in a cave certainly seems like an existing folkloric image anyway.

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[loracarol]

That part is familiar, but I don't recall any winds being bound in the cave with her? And that was a big part of the fairy tale in the book I was reading. ^^;

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't exact, but that reminds me a lot of various Slavic myths? Perun the thunder god once freed the sun and the rains from imprisonment, I think, the sun from a cave and the rains from a castle. There are several national variations on the theme.

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[loracarol]

Ooh, I'll look into those, thank you!

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, there are actually several with the general "trapped winds [usually for the hero's use], and hero needs to get something important" themes. Off the top of my head, there's a Greek myth [thus probably a roman one] with that type of idea and some kind of Native American one, I think? I can't remember which nation specifically, sorry, but for some reason I'm remembering something about that.

Thing is, in myths the wind is usually trapped in a jar for the hero to use to get to where ever their going [sometimes to get the sun, other times it's something else.]

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[loracarol]

I know that the winds was a thing in The Odyssey, but they weren't personified, I don't think? Whereas these were personified. But I'll look into those, thanks!

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[(Anonymous)]

I think the Greek myth you're thinking of is Aeolus.

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[(Anonymous)]

It's a Finnish myth. It was depicted very badly in the movie "The Day the Earth Froze" which most people only know because it was on MST3K.

Re: Is this a real fairytale?

[loracarol]

That would make sense, given the book I was reading, thank you! And some of the names are the same, so it's definitely that!